COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5669, 31 May 1879, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Tho following are the duties collected at the ;Cu»torns yesterdayi £ ». d. £ S. d. 4 Spirits .. 73 15 5 Weight .. 57 ;0 7 Tobacco .. 2!) 0 0 Ad valorem .. 244 17 6 Tea .. .. 11 0 8 Other duties.. '117.0 Sugar.. .. 91 7 0 . ; :: 1" ' Ale, hulk .. 5 0 0 1 Ale. bottle .. 410 3 Total ..£5lO 7 5 Tho amount of Customs duties collected at this port for the week ending May 29, 1879, Were as under:— £ s. d. £ s. d. Spirits .. 302 U 2 Weight : 291 15 S Cigars.. . 45 1 1 Ad valorem .. 1184 10 ■ 8 Tobacco .. 190 8 0 Other duties.. 243 17 6 Wine.. .. 90 15 0 Bight dues. Beer .. .. 157 0 0 shlpping.'&c 71 4 4 Tea ... .. 43 3 8 Sugar.. .. 73 4 I Total .. £2778 11 2 There has been little or no change iu quotations for Imported goods during tho week, and owing to the extreme dullness of trade ordinary sales are str’etiy confined to immediate and pressing current wants. Where goods are sold under tile hammer, the reduced, values that am obtained should be suillcient evidence of tho state o' our market just now. At tho sale by auction of m.: ' stock of Mr. G. Thomas the bonded goods realised as under Foster's ale, quarts, 7s Oil; pluts, 5s per dozen: Muller Frere's case brandy, 11s; A.V.P, do, 15s; 100 cases Dennis Mounie'sdo, 25s pec dozen; 20 qr-casks Dennis Mounie’s brandy, 7s? ilennessy's do, 8s Cd per gallon ;25 cases Southern Vineyard Co.’s brandy, 12s Cd; Booth’s old tom, 12s

3d; Balloch Lade whisky, 14b; 40 cases JDKZ geneva, 4 gallons, 12s (3d; 120 half-cheats tea, various shipments, 9d to Is per lb; 2uO baga’rice, £ls, l.Qs per lb; 1 cas; Swiss cigars, 13a; brown Mauritiussugaf, 25s per cvyt; sherry in qc-catks, vis to 4s per gallon; Australian wine, 2s 3d per gallon; 1 case -Cagle cigars, 48s per 1000, Ac. A .Urge stock of duty paid goods sold at the same auction re ilised low prices. Colonial produce continues dull, and without any change in prices. Flour i« slowly moving off at £0 10s to £lO for best brands of Southern mills. Grain is in moderate demand, and as stocks of oats are becoming less the price continues firm at 3s to Ss 2d. Bacon and hams are scarce and wanted ; good samples would realise 9d to lOd per lb; cheese dull at Bd, light stocks; potatoes in fair demand at £5 per ton. V>Y Tft LEU it A Pll, AUCKLAND, Friday. Mr G. BuckUnd quotes best quality beef at 80s; small-sized wethers, 2jd per lb: ewes, 2d. j 1 1